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‘fo4-10326-10054 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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TO:

INFO: .DCEA/OPE, EYESONLY, MDSX, ODPD, FILE, C/EA,

231431Z DIRECTOR 700784

IMMEDIATE TOKYO.

FROM: LIMIT C/EA/J INFO CHIEF/EA, DCEA/OPE, EA/XO

SLUGS: WNINTEL

’ SUBJECT:

EYES ONLY - OFFICIAL. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TOKYO STATION

REF: NONE

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1.

ACTION REQUIRED:
COMMENTS . :

-PLEASE PROVIDE STATION’S EXPEDITED

2. ON 22 MARCH WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE PRESIDENTIALLY
*APPOINTED<JFK ASSASSINATION>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD. HAS DECLARED ITS
INTENTION TO RELEASE THE FACT THAT CIA. HAD A STATION IN’ TOKYO IN

THE EARLY 1960'S. APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME CORRESPONDENCE OR:
CABLE TRAFFIC FROM THE EARLY 1960'S ON THE SUBJECT THAT INCLUDES
TOKYO STATION ON.THE DISTRIBUTION LINE. WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE
_ ACTUAL TRAFFIC BUT WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH PROVIDING COMMENTS ON
HOW THIS ACTION WOULD "AFFECT CURRENT OPERATIONS, LIAISON .
RELATIONSHIPS, ASSETS, JAPANESE/AMERICAN RELATIONS, ETC." GIVEN
THE PRESS SCRUTINY OF CIA ISSUES -IN JAPAN, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN

OUR MIND THAF SUCH A RELEASE WILL BE NOTICED BY THE JAPANESE
MEDIA.

3... PLEASE PREPARE YOUR ARGUMENTS IN AS COMPLETE A MANNER AS
POSSIBLE. WE RECOMMEND THAT QUOTES FROM AMBASSADOR MONDALE,~ .
SUPPORTING STATION'S POSITION, SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED. ACCORDING
TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED US, THE ADDO HAS ADDRESSED THE BOARD
TWICE, MOST RECENTLY LAST MONDAY WHEN HE, BRIEFED THEM ON WHY WE
CANNOT REVEAL OUR INSTALLATIONS IN SCANDINAVIA, INDIA AND -
AUSTRALIA EVEN 30 YEARS AGO. THE BOARD ACCEPTED OUR ARGUMENTS ON
SCANDINAVIA AND INDIA BUT REJECTED AUSTRALIA. ONCE THE BOARD
OVERRULES US, OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO APPEAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

4.. ONCE WE HAVE.STATION'S ARGUMENTS IN HAND WE WILL PREPARE

‘THE NECESSARY MEMORANDUMS TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION. FOR THE SAKE

' OF STRUCTURE, WE ASK THAT YOU ORGANIZE YOUR ARGUMENTS ALONG
SUBTITLED. THEMES: SUCH AS IN PARA 2 ABOVE, INCLUDING THE RECENT

- PRESS ATTENTION ON CIA ACTIVITIES AND THE HISTORICAL REFUSAL OF
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" LIAISON’ COUNTERPARTS TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PRESENCE. FYI,

THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALL TOP SECRET CLEARED.

; 5. OUR DEADLINE ON THIS MAY. BE VERY SHORT SO PLEASE EXPEDITE
YOUR RESPONSE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

6. CL REASON: 1.5(C); DECL: X1.

7. FILE: NONE. DECL OADR DRV HUM 4-82.
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